The Yale School of Art is a graduate school that confers Master of Fine Arts degrees in Graphic Design, Painting/Printmaking, Photography, and Sculpture.
Artists and designers of significant promise and strong motivation are provided an educational context in which they can explore the potential of their own talents.
Yale School of Art values and generates intense critical dialogue through interactions with peers, distinguished visitors, and by a faculty composed of professional artists of national and international renown. The students’ primary educational experience at Yale is centered on their own studio activity as supported by the experience, knowledge, and skills gained from rigorous, structured courses. Students are routinely exposed to varying aesthetic positions through encounters with faculty members and visitors.
The School is devoted not only to the refinement of visual skills, but also to the cultivation of the mind. Students must bring creative force and imagination to their own development, for these qualities cannot be taught—they can only be stimulated.